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Performance and Emissions of a DI Diesel Engine Operated with LPG and Ignition Improving Additives
Technical Paper
2001-01-3680
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Spring Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exhibition
SAE International Fall Fuels & Lubricants Meeting & Exhibition
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English
Abstract
This research investigated the performance and emissions of a direct injection (DI) Diesel engine operated on 100% butane liquid petroleum gas (LPG). The LPG has a low cetane number, therefore di-tertiary-butyl peroxide (DTBP) and aliphatic hydrocarbon (AHC) were added to the LPG (100% butane) to enhance cetane number. With the cetane improver, stable Diesel engine operation over a wide range of the engine loads was possible. By changing the concentration of DTBP and AHC several different LPG blended fuels were obtained. In-cylinder visualization was also used in this research to check the combustion behavior. LPG and only AHC blended fuel showed NOX emission increased compared to Diesel fuel operation. Experimental result showed that the thermal efficiency of LPG powered Diesel engine was comparable to Diesel fuel operation. Exhaust emissions measurements showed that NOX and smoke could be considerably reduced with the blend of LPG, DTBP and AHC.
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Authors
- M. Alam - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Shinichi Goto - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- K. Sugiyama - Iwatani International Corp.
- M. Kajiwara - Iwatani International Corp.
- M. Mori - Iwatani International Corp.
- M. Konno - Ibaraki Univ.
- M. Motohashi - Ibaraki Univ.
- K. Oyama - Ibaraki Univ.
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Alam, M., Goto, S., Sugiyama, K., Kajiwara, M. et al., "Performance and Emissions of a DI Diesel Engine Operated with LPG and Ignition Improving Additives," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-3680, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3680.Also In
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